Hollywood Boy Drowns In Lake

April 27, 1986|By JACK BRENNAN, Staff Writer

HOLLYWOOD -- An 8-year-old boy drowned in a lake Saturday during a large family outing at Topeekeegee-Yugnee Park, police said.

A police spokeswoman identified the victim as Michael Lewis Martin Jr. of the 3100 block of North 24th Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood. The spokeswoman said the boy had gone to the outing, a birthday party, with his father Michael Lewis Martin Sr., 31, and other relatives.

A group of 14 to 16 children, supervised by at least one adult, later went to the lake to swim, the spokeswoman said.